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Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society

The Bulletin publishes expository articles on contemporary mathematical research, written in a way that gives insight to mathematicians who may not be experts in the particular topic. The Bulletin also publishes reviews of selected books in mathematics and short articles in the Mathematical Perspectives section, both by invitation only.

ISSN 1088-9485 (online) ISSN 0273-0979 (print)

The 2020 MCQ for Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society is 0.84.

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Book Review

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MathSciNet review: 1566862
Full text of review: PDF   This review is available free of charge.
Book Information:

Author: Jean Dieudonné
Title: Cours de géométrie algébrique
Additional book information: Vol. 1: Aperçu historique sur le développement de la géométrie algébrique, 234 pp.; Vol. 2: Précis de géométrie algébrique élémentaire, 222 pp., Collection SUP, Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1974, paperback, pocketbook size. Each vol. 34.88F in France = approx. $8.30.

Author: I. R. Shafarevich
Title: Basic algebraic geometry
Additional book information: Die Grundlehren der mathematischen Wissenschaften in Einzeldarstellungen, Band 213, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 1974, xv+439 pp., $40.20. (Translated from the Russian by K. A. Hirsch).

Review Information:

Reviewer: Robin Hartshorne
Journal: Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 82 (1976), 455-459
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9904-1976-14042-6